John 5:38

You see, God sent me to you, but you don’t believe me. This shows that you don’t really want to hear God’s message.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

In Context

37Yes, God is my father, and he sent me. And he told people about me. But you have never seen him or heard his voice.

39I know that you read God’s book all the time, and you think that if you do that you will find out how to live with God for ever. I want you to know that those words in God’s book, they tell you all about me.

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Cross References

John 1:11He came to his own countrymen, but most of them didn’t want him.

John 5:42But, I know all about you. I know that you don’t really love God.

John 8:37I know that you all reckon you belong to Abraham’s family. But you don’t like my message, so you want to kill me.

Matthew Henry on John 5:32-47

Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have greater witness than that… Read the whole commentary →

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